⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twelve- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 19-5 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 10:22 · TOR 82-75 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:56 · TOR 89-81 CLE
- Turnover
Chris Bosh offensive foul (Anderson Varejao draws the foul)
Q4 3:46 · TOR 89-83 CLE
- Turnover
Chris Bosh turnover
Q4 3:46 · TOR 89-83 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:26 · TOR 45-42 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
